Focus Reflection: Food Challenge

I am one of those lucky people who has been born into a well-off family. My dad had to work for his money and sacrifice a lot for it, but by the time 1990 rolled around, his business was doing well. Because of this, my family has traveled to many different places and I’ve been able to try many types of food. Also, growing up in South Florida, 20 minutes from Palm Beach and an hour from Miami, I’ve been exposed to very high-end restaurants with chefs that like to experiment with ingredients. Also, there is a lot of variety when you live in a place like Boca Raton because everyone is looking for that next fad or something different because they’ve already had Thai food that week. “The Food Challenge” notifies us how exposed we are to different culinary cultures, and for me, who scored a 57, and because of that number, we might go out and try more dishes.